AN HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT, FROM THR SETTLEMENT OF THE SAXONS IN BRITAIN, TO THE REVOLUTION IN 1688: TO WHICH ARE SUBJOINED, SOME DISSERTATIONS CONNECTED WITH THE HISTORY OF THE GOVERNMENT, FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE PRESENT TIME. FOURTH EDITION. BY JOHN MILLAR, ESQ. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. MAWMAN, No. 39, LUDGATE STREET. 1818. CONTENTS. Page CHAP. I. The Norman Conquest.---Progress of the feudal System.---View of the several Reigns before that of Edward I.--- The Great Charter, and Charter of the Forest. CHAP. II. In what Manner the Changes pro- duced in the Reign of William the Conqueror affected the State of the National Council. - 83 CHAP. V. General View of the kingly Power, from the Reign of Edward I. to Henry VII. 146 SECT. 1. Introduction of the Representatives of Counties and Boroughs into Parliament. - 182 SECT. 2. The Division of Parliament into two |